Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature

Intramedullary schwannomas unrelated with neurofibromatosis are uncommon tumors, but if correctly diagnosed and properly treated they may have a good prognosis. They have a wide range of clinical presentations, commonly presenting as a slowly progressive motor or sensory syndrome. We present a case...

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Autores principales: Nicácio, Jardel Mendonça, Rodrigues, José Carlos, Galles, Marcos Henrique Lima, Faquini, Igor Vilela, de Brito Pereira, Clemente Augusto, Ganau, Mario
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139923
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e44
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author Nicácio, Jardel Mendonça
Rodrigues, José Carlos
Galles, Marcos Henrique Lima
Faquini, Igor Vilela
de Brito Pereira, Clemente Augusto
Ganau, Mario
author_facet Nicácio, Jardel Mendonça
Rodrigues, José Carlos
Galles, Marcos Henrique Lima
Faquini, Igor Vilela
de Brito Pereira, Clemente Augusto
Ganau, Mario
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description Intramedullary schwannomas unrelated with neurofibromatosis are uncommon tumors, but if correctly diagnosed and properly treated they may have a good prognosis. They have a wide range of clinical presentations, commonly presenting as a slowly progressive motor or sensory syndrome. We present a case report of a patient without neurofibromatosis with a surgically treated cervical intramedullary schwannoma.
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spelling pubmed-29944772010-12-07 Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature Nicácio, Jardel Mendonça Rodrigues, José Carlos Galles, Marcos Henrique Lima Faquini, Igor Vilela de Brito Pereira, Clemente Augusto Ganau, Mario Rare Tumors Case Report Intramedullary schwannomas unrelated with neurofibromatosis are uncommon tumors, but if correctly diagnosed and properly treated they may have a good prognosis. They have a wide range of clinical presentations, commonly presenting as a slowly progressive motor or sensory syndrome. We present a case report of a patient without neurofibromatosis with a surgically treated cervical intramedullary schwannoma. PAGEPress Publications 2009-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2994477/ /pubmed/21139923 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e44 Text en ©Copyright J. M. Nicácio et al., 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0).
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Nicácio, Jardel Mendonça
Rodrigues, José Carlos
Galles, Marcos Henrique Lima
Faquini, Igor Vilela
de Brito Pereira, Clemente Augusto
Ganau, Mario
Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature
title Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature
title_full Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature
title_short Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139923
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e44
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